gunshot
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈɡʌnˌʃɑt/
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disparo
- The police arrived quickly after they received reports of multiple gunshots in the neighborhood.
- hear a gunshot
The level of heartbreak that I felt immediately after that gunshot was indescribable.
- The level of heartbreak that I felt immediately after that gunshot was indescribable.
- But I'm going to back back one second before we heard the gunshots.
- I hear PPP and if you've heard gunshots, you know the difference between a gunshot and a car backfire.
- And you hear gunshots and a few of us to include myself, we like duck.
- I don't find the, the he must have heard it evidence compelling at all because there's many ways that you cannot hear gunshots, even the reflection of, of sound.
- You'll hear the gunshots ring out in a minute as they luckily they were right near a stop as they started shooting.
Examples
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The level of heartbreak that I felt immediately after that gunshot was indescribable.
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Indiana begins to climb out of the pit when suddenly another gunshot rings out.
Fiction book (1990) -
We're in the wilderness and I thought I heard a gunshot.
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During many of those phone calls, you could hear gunshots in the background.
Academic text (2010) -
The crowd below was worked up, what with the gunshots going off and the helicopters spinning overhead.
Fiction book (1995) -
In a voice that shook, she reported screams and gunshots in the alley beneath her window.
Fiction book (1990) -
Hearing LeMalle's continuing gunshots, the pilot pulls his door closed and turns on his two-way radio.
Fiction book (1993) -
I hear PPP and if you've heard gunshots, you know the difference between a gunshot and a car backfire.
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The popping sounded like a backfire on the road, or like gunshots, and hunting season hadn't even started.
Fiction book (1995) -
While walking in the park, I heard a loud gunshot that startled everyone nearby.
Synonyms
237
1.3
A sudden loud noise from a hit or impact
204
2.5
The sound or act of shooting guns
78
5.8
A sudden loud noise like the bang of a gun
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2.7
A sudden very loud noise that hurts your ears
10
1.2
A sudden very loud noise often from an explosion or crash
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3.7
A single firing of a rifle that makes a loud sound
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Morphology
Etymology
Gunshot comes from the parts gun and shot, where a 'shot' can also mean the loud 'bang' when a gun fires. So a gunshot can mean the loud sound made when a gun is fired.